When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death

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77 points·pseudolus··8 comments

Not mentioned in the article but just as noteworthy are some of the graphs prepared by Florence Nightingale that detailed the leading causes of deaths of British soldiers during the Crimean War and prompted reforms in medical practices [0][1]

[0] https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/florenc...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/aug/13/floren...

There is also the one [1] of the size of the French Grande Armée going to Moscow and back.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png

In this age of mathematical graphs, should we start calling these 2D figures "plots"?

> You’ve read your last complimentary article.

This link didn't want to be linked...

Opening in private browsing, the article ends at "Nobody ever won a race sitting in the pits." I've got to assume there's more but the UI doesn't make it clear. Is there?

If you append an extra period after .com, so `.com./`, it'll work. This trick works on a number of sites, though not all.

Duplicate of- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27528285

6 upvotes, 0 comments, and 2 days old isn’t considered a dupe. Anyone can try again if something didn’t get traction, there is even a second chance pool setup by moderators.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308

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